Albert J. "Budd" Johnson III (December 14, 1910 – October 20, 1984) was an American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist who worked extensively with, among others, Ben Webster, Benny Goodman, Big Joe Turner, Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Quincy Jones, Count Basie, Billie Holiday and, especially, Earl Hines.
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Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
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Joe Newman
American musician
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Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
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Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Vic Dickenson
American jazz trombonist
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Eddie Jones
American musician
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Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
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George Duvivier
American musician
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Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
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Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
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Emmett Berry
American musician
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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
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Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
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Ben Webster
American saxophonist
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Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
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Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
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Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Gene Ramey
American musician
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Jimmy Maxwell
American musician
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Jimmy Nottingham
American musician
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Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
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Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
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Herbie Lovelle
American musician and actor (1924-2009)
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Jimmy Crawford
American musician (1910-1980)
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Billy Byers
American jazz trombonist and arranger (1927-1996)
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Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
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Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Al Grey
American jazz musician
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Charles Thompson
American pianist
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Buddy Catlett
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
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Manny Albam
musician and composer
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Harry Edison
American trumpeter
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Åke Persson
Swedish musician
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Porter Kilbert
American musician
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Reunald Jones
American musician
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Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
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Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
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Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
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J. C. Heard
American musician
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Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
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Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Nat Pierce
American musician
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Gus Johnson
American musician
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Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
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Oscar Pettiford
American musician
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Bennie Green
American musician
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Don Byas
American musician
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Tommy Turrentine
American swing and hard bop trumpeter and composer
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Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
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Al Cohn
American saxophonist
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Quentin Jackson
American musician
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Shad Collins
American musician
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Marshal Royal
American musician
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Stuff Smith
American musician
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Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Benny Bailey
American musician
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Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
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Snooky Young
American musician
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Al McKibbon
American musician
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Les Spann
American guitarist
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Phil Woods
American saxophonist
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Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
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Charlie Fowlkes
American musician
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Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
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Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
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Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
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Buster Smith
Jazz alto saxophonist
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Bill Graham
American musician
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Chu Berry
American musician
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Johnny Griffin
American musician
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Aaron Bell
American musician
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Billy Eckstine
American musician
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Milt Jackson
American musician
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Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
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Claude Hopkins
American pianist
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Buddy Tate
American musician
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Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
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Melba Liston
American jazz trombonist, musical arranger, and composer
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J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
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Specs Wright
American jazz drummer
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Henry Coker
American musician
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Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
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Sonny Payne
American jazz drummer
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Bobby Donaldson
American musician
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Ray Nance
American musician
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James Moody
American jazz musician